renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIts a disk when its magnetic, disc when optical. The way to remember it is that its disk because its magnetik.
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNo, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agothe tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
Its a disk when its magnetic, disc when optical.
The way to remember it is that its disk because its magnetik.
Is a VHS tape a disk then?
No, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
the tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
thic(k/c)